Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Farmland Program

Updated Jan 27, 2026

Counties Served

Services

  • Connecting Farmers and Landowners
  • Facilitating Land Agreements and Arrangements
  • Farmland Conservation / Preservation
  • Succession and Transfer Planning

A short summary about the services you provide

Our Farmland Protection Program provides farmers with a means to preserve their family farms or farmland for perpetuity. We often work to raise funds from the USDA ACEP-ALE Program and the NC Ag Development and Farmland Preservation Program to purchase conservation easements.

Western North Carolina (Asheville, NC)

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Farmland Program

Western North Carolina (Asheville, NC)

Jess Laggis

(828) 253-0095 ext. 211

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Counties Served

  • West
  • Avery
  • Buncombe
  • Haywood
  • Jackson
  • Madison
  • Mitchell
  • Yancey